Jimmy Rollins savors a bite of bacon at his locker, then steals a quick glimpse at the bright blue No. 11 uniform hanging behind him. It's before 8 a.m. in the desert and the veteran shortstop becomes a bit poetic about it all, the cross-country move back to his home state of California, going from wearing bright red in Philadelphia to a more subdued Dodger blue. "Same face, new place," Rollins quipped Friday morning with that warm, familiar grin. "Obviously, I'm very familiar with the uniform growing up in California, so it's not foreign to me. The numbers are much smaller. Red is so vibrant and out there that you don't have to look to see red. Blue is...

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